*Note: I wanted to post a scrummy looking sardine in this post but check out what you get when you Google Image sardines. Not exactly appetizing. Chefs and your photographers: please send delicious-looking photos! [Thank you W.S. for sending this one along:]

The authors found that the frequencies of allergic and IgE-associated allergic disease and sensitization were similar in the children who had received probiotic and those who’d gotten placebo. Although there appeared to be a preventive effect at age 2, there was none noted at age 5. Interestingly, in babies born by cesarean section, the researchers found less IgE-associated allergic disease in those who had received the probiotic.

The authors found that the frequencies of allergic and IgE-associated allergic disease and sensitization were similar in the children who had received probiotic and those who’d gotten placebo. Although there appeared to be a preventive effect at age 2, there was none noted at age 5. Interestingly, in babies born by cesarean section, the researchers found less IgE-associated allergic disease in those who had received the probiotic.

The authors found that the frequencies of allergic and IgE-associated allergic disease and sensitization were similar in the children who had received probiotic and those who’d gotten placebo. Although there appeared to be a preventive effect at age 2, there was none noted at age 5. Interestingly, in babies born by cesarean section, the researchers found less IgE-associated allergic disease in those who had received the probiotic.

This *Note: I wanted to post a scrummy looking sardine in this post but check out what you get when you Google Image sardines. Not exactly appetizing. Chefs and your photographers: please send delicious-looking photos! [Thank you W.S. for sending this one along:] isn’t on my menu tonight:)